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<br />.oj. , hi <br /> <br />Gunnison in stream flows issues <br />May 6, 2005 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The purpose of the meeting, as outlined by Kelly and Erin, was to collect additional <br />information for Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) regarding local concerns with <br />the proposed Gunnison River instream flow (ISF) filings. Kelly and Erin are to report to <br />CWCB staff on their findings and to hopefully develop a work plan and schedule that would <br />allow the ISF filings to proceed in a timely manner while, to the extent possible, addressing <br />local concerns regarding potential impacts to local water rights and future water <br />deyelopment. <br /> <br />General Operations on the North Fork of the Gunnison <br /> <br />Wayne and Steve described in general tenns the operations and calls on the North Fork of the <br />Gunnison. Calls affecting administration on the North Fork are most often internal; however, <br />Redlands Irrigation District calls from the mainstem can affect the North Fork. The Short <br />Ditch is the normal most downstream calling structure on the North Fork. In most years, this <br />call affects diyersions upstream from June through October. <br /> <br />In the Leroux Creek area, the upper reservoirs release down to Patterson Reservoirs (Carl <br />Smith Reservoir), which are used for stabilizing the releases to downstream users. Most of <br />this water is used for irrigation on Rogers Mesa. <br /> <br />Paonia Reseryoir is a Bureau of Reclamation project and releases for downstream project <br />participants are diverted through the Fire Mountain Canal. Paonia Reseryoir also has an <br />authorized pool for exchange of approximately 2,000 acre-feet (AF) per year upstream for <br />irrigation use (the Ragged Mountain Exchange.) Wayne reported that this exchange, though <br />authorized and actiyely used as part of the project, was not in the original decree for Paonia <br />Reservoir and has not been adjudicated. He also noted that Paonia Reservoir is authorized for <br />augmentation, but that the Bureau has not yet allowed this as a use. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Hubbard Creek has physical supply shortages. Valley Coal Company has an actiye mine and <br />has rights on Hubbard Creek and in the Fire Mountain Canal. In the recent dry years, <br />howeyer, physical supply limitations in Hubbard Creek resulted in Valley Coal trucking <br />water pumped from the North Fork for their operations. <br /> <br />Overland Reservoir releases are carried 28 miles in the Overland deliyery canal to the <br />irrigated lands. The reservoir has a conditional water right for an additional enlargement of <br />nearly 1,000 AF. Some of the Oyerland Reseryoir water rights are decreed for augmentation. <br />The Overland Reseryoir Company is also working internally on investigating a concept that <br />would allow a small portion of the enlargement to be used by the Company as an <br />augmentation supply and the rest for firming the supply of the existing agricultural <br />shareholders. The company is a mutual ditch company and the current use for augmentation <br />requires the use of individually owned shares. A few shareholders are not supportive of the <br />company's plan to develop an augmentation plan. . <br /> <br />C:\MARK\NEW_RECS\2005 ISF OOCUMENTS\CONTESTED ~ASES\N FOLK ISF MEETING NOTES_5-S..oS1.DOC <br />